Accession No
Z 26861 B
Description
Body sherd from slipped wheel-thrown Sgraffito Ware, with linear incision revealing red fabric underneath yellow surface on the outside.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; St Andrew's Street; Bird Bolt Hotel
Period
Medieval
Source
Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 26861 B; MAA: 1913.456
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label in blue ball pen found with object reads: 'Sgraffito'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26861 [A-B]: 'Sgraffito Ware'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '37.39.'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Display)
Historic display label found with Z 30867 A-C: 'Figured Specimens from Camb Ant Soc / Bird Bolt Hotel 1906 / found in digging foundations for Norwich Union and Liberal Club. / 19 boxes sent to Archaeol[og]y Mus[eu]m / T McKenny Hughes'
[See image attached to record Z 26852 A. Katrina Dring, 05/02/2024]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Field collection)
Found during building work, 1904-1906 (see Browne, p. 26)
Event Date 1904
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1907). 'On the Section Seen and the Objects Found During Excavations on the Site of the Old Bird Bolt Hotel'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 11(3). pp. 424-445
Event Date 1907
Author: maa
Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 26
Event Date 1974
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Body sherd from slipped wheel-thrown Sgraffito Ware, with linear incision revealing red fabric underneath yellow surface on the outside.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:304713
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